This is sort of old news by now, but a couple of weeks ago — when I was feeling sick — Nelson served me (and Wysz) what he described as a miracle drink, to cure our colds. Upon smelling the drink, I quickly identified it as tea and hot orange juice; this disappointed Nelson, who was banking on the mystery element to promote his new drink. In any case, I immediately turned to Google for some advice, using the query: “is it OK to drink hot orange juice.” Wysz did the same, but used the query: “is Nelson trying to poison me.”
My favorite result had to be this page from yahoo answers. While it wasn’t particularly informational, I found the response from “Mrfunkypants” pretty entertaining. While all other answeres (inluding a food scientist) unequivocally agreed that one should never drink heated orange juice that’s been lying around for a couple of days for fear of ingesting dangerous bacteria, Mrfunkypants had the sort of contrarian advice that makes the internet so much fun: “i would just taste it. usually it wouldn’t go bad – unless theres bacteriums in it. good luck!!”
I would have been skeptical, but Mrfunkypants did cite a “source,” so I figured I better check it out before dismissing his advice. The source appears to be his blog, harayz.com, which — while probably not a reliable database for food science information — was worth a read. If you’re looking for a good place to start, try his wishlist.
Despite the fact that Mrfunkypants appears to be a bit of a violence-prone misogynist [from his wishlist: "spit someone in the face or smash a beer mug to his (has be be a dude) head"], I respect his fearless web presence and good natured tone, even when recommending that individuals try dangerous foods as a means fo determining how dangerous they are (“good luck!!”).
i’m glad to report my miracle drink worked.. both beah and wysz are now healthy.
recipe for Nelson’s “magical elixir”:
1/2 cup of orange juice, microwaved
boiling water to fill up cup
one bag of mountain jasmine tea (submerge for 3-4 minutes and remove)
i think this is the link you meant: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080428182759AANa5xz
doh. thanks, Nelson.
Beah, this guy’s wishlist is absolutely brilliant! I love that he wants “a puppy and eventually a dog”, because it implies tow things:
1. Puppies turn into dogs with time, and
2. The odds of his puppy surviving to doghood are low enough that he feels it necessary to include in the wish.
Thank you forever for revealing this list to me.
im not a violent person, i promise